9,657 research outputs found
Bushman outgunned a WW2 Zero pilot
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Understanding pilot biodynamical feedthrough coupling in helicopter adverse roll axis instability via lateral cyclic feedback control
No full textThe authors thank Joost Venrooij, Project Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, for providing the experimental results obtained on SIMONA flight simulator (TU Delft).The paper reassesses the mechanism of biodynamical feedthrough coupling to helicopter body motion in lateral-roll helicopter tasks. An analytical bio-aeroelastic pilot–vehicle model is first developed and tested for various pilot's neuromuscular adaptions in the lateral/roll axis helicopter tasks. The results demonstrate that pilot can destabilize the low-frequency regressing lead-lag rotor mode; however he/she is destabilizing also the high-frequency advancing lag rotor mode. The mechanism of pilot destabilization involves three vicious energy circles, i.e. lateral-roll, flap-roll and flap-lag motions, in a very similar manner as in the air resonance phenomenon. For both modes, the destabilization is very sensitive to an increase of the steady state rotor coning angle that increases the energy transfers from flap to lag motion through Coriolis forces. The analytical linear time-invariant model developed in this paper can be also used to investigate designs proneness to lateral/roll aeroelastic rotorcraft–pilot couplings.This work was supported by the “Complex Mechanical Systems Dynamics” Chair – Airbus Group Foundation and the engineering school Arts et Metiers Paristech
Pilot Projects in Water Management
No full textPilot projects appear in many forms in policy making and management. In an effort to understand the nature and use of pilot projects and improve their effectiveness, we undertake a practice-based and theoretical study of the pilot project phenomenon. First, we examine the roles assigned to pilot projects in the policy development literature and explore their use in a Dutch water innovation platform. Second, we determine characteristics of pilot projects to deepen insights into the nature of the pilot project phenomenon and the dimensions useful in the design of pilot projects. Third, we identify three pilot types and nine ways to use a pilot project and we develop a Pilot Project Nonagon that can be used to assess pilot projects’ uses and to compare stakeholders’ perspectives on these uses. Fourth, we identify hurdles to diffusion of the knowledge developed from pilot projects and suggest strategies to overcome these. Lastly, we formulate a research agenda aimed at addressing the identified knowledge gaps.Multi Actor SystemsTechnology, Policy and Managemen
Measuring industry-science links through inventor-author relations: A profiling method
No full textIn this pilot study we examine the performance of text-based profiling in recovering a set of validated inventor-author links. In a first step we match patents and publications solely based on their similarity in content. Next, we compare inventor and author names on the highest ranked matches for the occurrence of name matches. Finally, we compare these candidate matches with the names listed in a validated set of inventor-author names. Our text-based profile methodology performs significantly better than a random matching of patents and publications, suggesting that text-based profiling is a valuable complementary tool to the name searches used in previous studies.innovation; industry-science links; text-based profiling;
‘Putting Life in Years’ (PLINY) telephone friendship groups research study: pilot randomised controlled trial
No full textBackground - Loneliness in older people is associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We undertook a parallel-group randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of telephone befriending for the maintenance of HRQoL in older people. An internal pilot tested the feasibility of the trial and intervention.
Methods - Participants aged >74 years, with good cognitive function, living independently in one UK city were recruited through general practices and other sources, then randomised to: (1) 6 weeks of short one to one telephone calls, followed by 12 weeks of group telephone calls with up to six participants, led by a trained volunteer facilitator; or (2) a control group. The main trial required the recruitment of 248 participants in a 1-year accrual window, of whom 124 were to receive telephone befriending. The pilot specified three success criteria which had to be met in order to progress the main trial to completion: recruitment of 68 participants in 95 days; retention of 80% participants at 6 months; successful delivery of telephone befriending by local franchise of national charity. The primary clinical outcome was the Short Form (36) Health Instrument (SF-36) Mental Health (MH) dimension score collected by telephone 6 months following randomisation.
Results - We informed 9,579 older people about the study. Seventy consenting participants were randomised to the pilot in 95 days, with 56 (80%) providing valid primary outcome data (26 intervention, 30 control). Twenty-four participants randomly allocated to the research arm actually received telephone befriending due to poor recruitment and retention of volunteer facilitators. The trial was closed early as a result. The mean 6-month SF-36 MH scores were 78 (SD 18) and 71 (SD 21) for the intervention and control groups, respectively (mean difference, 7; 95% CI, -3 to 16).
Conclusions - Recruitment and retention of participants to a definitive trial with a recruitment window of 1 year is feasible. For the voluntary sector to recruit sufficient volunteers to match demand for telephone befriending created by trial recruitment would require the study to be run in more than one major population centre, and/or involve dedicated management of volunteers
PILOT APPLICATION ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION FOR AN AUTHOR OFFERED NEW APPLICATION
No full textThe givens paper’s “Pilot application analysis and description for an author offered new application” goal is to analyze the apps available for pilots. During research author made multiple groups of applications that pilots use to make their work easier, and described them. Also author offered a new application that will help pilots in daily reports. Conclusion was made using knowledge gathered from analyzes
Operational alerting concept for commercial single pilot operations systems
No full textReducing high workload levels are a major challenge to enable single pilot operations. Where the pilot is currently supported with many automated systems, the role of mission planner is relatively unsupported, i.e., the flight crew is required to integrate and combine information from various sources to extract the implications on the missions’ high-level goals to determine if the mission can still be completed safely and successfully. An operational alerting display is developed to provide the pilot with a clear overview of the current and future operational flight constraints. This enables the pilot to determine if the initial plan is valid under the existing conditions. The display is not limited to system malfunctions, but combines the full spectrum of operational constraints, e.g., weather and airport operations. The display concept was tested on usability with a commercial pilot to provide a preliminary performance indication on the effectiveness of the concept
Uitvoering pilot Kyotoweg - werkplan
No full textIn Schelluinen zal een pilot worden aangelegd van de Kyotoweg. Deze weg bestaat uit een matras op houten palen. De matras wordt gebouwd van Hegemann materiaal, dat is een baggerspecieproduct. De matras wordt gewapend met een geotextiel. De pilot zal van 18 t/m 23 november 2005 worden aangelegd in Schelluinen. Dit rapport geeft in hoofdstuk 2 een beschrijving van het precieze ontwerp van de pilot. Bij de pilot zal een uitgebreid monitoringsplan worden uitgevoerd, waarbij horizontale en verticale vervormingen, de krachtswerking op de palen, waterspanningen, rekken in geotextielen en meer wordt gemeten. Hoofdstuk 3 van dit rapport geeft een beschrijving van het monitoringsplan. Hoofdstuk 4 geeft stap voor stap aan hoe de pilot en de meetinstrumenten moeten worden aangelegd. Tenslotte gaat hoofdstuk 5 in op het meetplan zoals dat tijdens en na de aanleg van de pilot wordt uitgevoerd
Modern Airline Pilots\u27 Quandary: Standard Operating Procedures—to Comply or Not to Comply
No full textModern airline pilots are tasked every flight with the safe and efficient operation of highly automated airliners in today’s complicated global and economic environments. Airlines have developed standard operating procedures (SOP) for normal, abnormal, and emergency operations. These procedures serve as a script for crews to follow. These procedures are designed by airlines to ensure that aircraft are operated in the (1) most safe, (2) most efficient, and (3) most on-time manner. For the most part pilots will comply with SOP, but when they (1) don9t agree with SOP, (2) don9t understand SOP or the risks associated with not complying with SOP, or (3) don9t feel adequately trained to know what SOP is, it is difficult to motivate them to comply. Airlines have the means to measure compliance through Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) and Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA). The purpose of this research is to determine if increased understanding, knowledge and awareness of the risk of noncompliance with SOP increase airline pilots’ compliance with SOP. This research explores data from line checks at a major US airline that was gathered in pursuit of understanding what drives SOP compliance. Baseline data was gathered and analyzed to determine the top 12 noncompliant items. The airline provided training during the Human Factors module in each pilots recurrent training on Pilot Intentional Non Compliance (PINC). The training including developing pilots’ understanding that while most Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) reports grant pilots immunity from legal action, if a violation is labeled PINC, ASAP protections do not apply. Further line checks were conducted after the pilots received the PINC training. The top 12 noncompliant items from the pre-PINC training group were compared to the same 12 items in the post-PINC training group. Significant improvement in SOP compliance was found in six of the 12 items tested. The results established that training pilots on the risk of PINC did significantly increase SOP compliance
Evaluatie pilot Civiele Techniek
No full textIn 1997 initieerden de sectie Bouwmanagement & Vastgoedbeheer (BMVB) van de Faculteit Bouwkunde en TU Delft Vastgoedbeheer het onderzoek Demand for Change. Centraal hierin staat de vraag, welke ruimtelijke implicaties te verwachten zijn van een toenemend gebruik van Informatie- en Communicatie Technologie (ICT) in wetenschappelijk onderwijs en onderzoek. Om ook concreet ervaring op te doen met nieuwe inrichtingsconcepten en de inpassing hiervan in de bestaande gebouwenvoorraad van de TU Delft, zijn twee pilot-projecten gestart, bij Civiele Techniek en bij Werktuigbouwkunde. In dit rapport wordt verslag uitgebracht van de evaluatie van de pilot Civiele techniek.Real Estate Managemen
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